Pune: Police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Wednesday said three constables posted at Wagholi police station had been suspended, and an inquiry had been ordered against them for allegedly taking a software engineer and his partner to the police station in the early hours of Monday and demanding money to settle the matter. The three constables…
Pune: Days after flash-flooding in the city caused by unseasonal heavy rain, PMC has declared a renewed drive against users and traders of banned plastic, while attributing the recent waterlogging to dumped trash on roads. According to civic officials, the downpour on April 2 led to a flood-like situation, after which large amounts of plastic…
Pune: An 85-year-old woman from the Camp area was kept under ‘digital arrest’ for four days by online fraudsters posing as officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and cheated of Rs97 lakh.The elderly woman, a housewife, was held under digital arrest from Friday to Monday and did not respond to phone calls made…
Pune: Mayor Manjusha Nagpure held a review meeting with Maharashtra Natural Gas Ltd (MNGL) officials on Wednesday to address the city’s growing domestic fuel needs. She directed the company officials to prioritise gas pipeline installations in underserved neighbourhoods and said all ongoing excavation and pipeline-laying work be completed within strict deadlines to minimise public inconvenience.The…
Nashik: The Nashik police have arrested six employees of an IT company, one of them on the charge of sexual exploitation of an office colleague under a breach of marriage promise, and the remaining five on charges of sexual harassment and hurting religious sentiments of their other women colleagues at different points in time over…
Picture used for representational purpose only PUNE: A 75-year-old general physician from Hadapsar lost Rs12.31 crore between Jan 30 and March 20 to cybercrooks, after they promised him 8-10% returns within a few months on investments in online share-trading.The general physician (GP), whose son is also a prominent doctor, lost the amount in just 39…
Pune: Residents of Bavdhan staged a protest in front of the PMC’s Kothrud-Bavdhan ward office on Tuesday, flagging the lack of permanent action taken by the civic administration against encroachment on footpaths and roads in the area, as well as against the ready mix concrete (RMC) plants in the surroundings that allegedly violate environmental laws.A…
Pune: A 25-year-old drunk driver allegedly made an attempt to abduct a policeman when the latter tried to stop the Kothrud resident after he hit four vehicles on the busy NDA road in Warje on Tuesday afternoon.A senior police officer was trailing the car intercepted it. Warje police later detained the car driver.Uttamnagar police station’s…
Pune:Around 3,000 residents of Yashwin Housing Society in Hinjewadi Phase 2 were left without power for over 22 hours after an underground cable was allegedly damaged on Monday during the PMRDA’s Shivajinagar-Hinjewadi Metro route work.The society has 572 flats in four wings. A large number of IT professionals working from home faced significant disruption because…
Pune: The Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) on Tuesday cleared unauthorized encroachments along the stretch connecting Poona College to Babajan Dargah.The drive targeted years-old, unregulated roadside stalls that had narrowed the carriageway and forced pedestrians, particularly students, onto busy traffic lanes.Officials said the congestion had also been hindering the movement of ambulances and other emergency services.“The…
